“Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle. I loved it!”—Tom Clancy
They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.
The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteroids.
Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender—or death for all humans.
Praise for Footfall
“Rousing . . . The best of the genre.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Fast-paced.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ISBN10 0345323440
- ISBN13 9780345323446
- Publish Date 12 April 1986 (first published 1 September 1985)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 608
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780345323446